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Quel Thalas
Spectators: 7524 (Terracing: 5644, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dirk van Amersfoort started the match with the kick off. Erwin Buckinx made an important save on a dangerous shot by Maurice van Bronckhorst in the 4th minute. In the 6th minute, Yuri van Rooijen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Millingen fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 17 minutes into the match, Ronald Fokkens dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Erwin Buckinx, 1-1. In the 23rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Silvermoon City's goalkeeper Joop Veninga, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Dirk van Amersfoort received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Joop Veninga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Silvermoon City defense, Yuri van Rooijen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Joop Veninga. The Silvermoon City fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Joop Veninga should have stopped the shot. Carel Keupink hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Dirk van Amersfoort received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Joop Veninga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 41st minute, Dirk van Amersfoort got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a rather tough play, Millingen's Giovanni Peppinck got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Erwin Buckinx showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jelle Velez in the 47th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ronald Fokkens to make the kick off. Douwe Janus sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Joop Veninga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dirk van Amersfoort, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Joop Veninga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dirk van Amersfoort, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yuri van Rooijen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joop Veninga having to interfere. In the 61st minute Dirk van Amersfoort shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joop Veninga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 63 minutes into the match, Silvermoon City's goal looked a bit too open when Dirk van Amersfoort came free, but Joop Veninga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 72nd minute, Ronald Fokkens left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Silvermoon City fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. After having played for 76 minutes, Douwe Janus managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Millingen's supporters crossed their fingers, but Douwe Janus was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Joop Veninga was out of position in the 78 minute of play, and Dirk van Amersfoort capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Dirk van Amersfoort really showed his touch with that goal: 2-3. If Dirk van Amersfoort had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Erwin Buckinx showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maurice van Bronckhorst in the 89th minute of the match. Maurice van Bronckhorst sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Joop Veninga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dirk van Amersfoort in the 94th minute of the match. In the 95th minute of the match Giovanni Peppinck sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Joop Veninga skillfully saved the ball. When the final whistle sounded Millingen left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Silvermoon City.